Local ancestry is the source ancestry at each point in the genome of an admixed individual.
Inferred local ancestry is used for admixture mapping and population genetic analyses. We …

Local-ancestry inference is an important step in the genetic analysis of fully sequenced
human genomes. Current methods can only detect continental-level ancestry (ie, European …

Inferring the ancestry at each locus in the genome of recently admixed individuals (eg,
Latino Americans) plays a major role in medical and population genetic inferences, ranging …

Local ancestry estimation infers the regional ancestral origin of chromosomal segments in
admixed populations using reference populations and a variety of statistical models …

Motivation: It is becoming increasingly evident that the analysis of genotype data from
recently admixed populations is providing important insights into medical genetics and …

Large-scale genotyping of SNPs has shown a great promise in identifying markers that
could be linked to diseases. One of the major obstacles involved in performing these studies …

Admixture between populations provides opportunity to study biological adaptation and
phenotypic variation. Admixture studies rely on local ancestry inference for admixed …

Population stratification has long been recognized as a confounding factor in genetic
association studies. Estimated ancestries, derived from multi-locus genotype data, can be …

Background The estimation of individual ancestry from genetic data has become essential to
applied population genetics and genetic epidemiology. Software programs for calculating …

Background Estimation of individual ancestry from genetic data is useful for the analysis of
disease association studies, understanding human population history and interpreting …